Civil War Primary Source Work

Wed-Fri (10/29-31) - 12 Years A Slave Film

• 12 years A Slave Study Guide Questions

Mon-Fri (11/3-7)

Civil War Primary Source Work:

What is a primary source? It is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study.

Read one of the following primary sources and...

• adapt the primary source into an 8 pane comic ...or...
• write a three paragraph response to the letter. Assume the role of the person that received the letter. Write your response from the recipients perspective.

Primary Sources from learnnc.org:

• UNC students asks to sign up to fight for the Confederacy in The Civil War (letter to father)
• A Soldier from NC Marches into the North (letter to mother)
• A Soldier's letter to his daughter
• A Soldier discusses those who have died (letter to wife)

Due: Tuesday 11/4

Quiz 4 (civil war) and Makeup Work

Social Studies Games

• Quarter 1 Social Studies Makeup Work (click here)

Quiz 4 Review Games:

Civil War Game #1
Civil War Game #2
Civil War Game #3

Oregon Trail Diary Assignment

Play Oregon Trail Game (1980s) - Role Play - write journal (primary source) about your experience. Get into character. Try not to simply list the events that occur. A diary/journal shows feelings and thoughts. It is not a grocery list.


How to play game:

1. Follow the link above
2. Read the Directions during the game. Pay close attention to the advice the game gives you. BUY ENOUGH SUPPLIES or you will die.
3. Every 5 minutes, take a 4 minute writing break.

Click Here for Detailed Instructions

Civil War Learning Activities (unit 4)

Civil War Day 1 Review Game - Scroll down to Teacher Invaders
 

Friday 10/10

Take Home Quiz due Tuesday 10/14 8am

you cannot fail. you can only improve your grade. If you score a B or higher, your overall grade will go up. Score lower, then it will not count. You may use your notes and any other resource GO TO: tinyurl.com/powerccs. Click on schoolnet. Take my quiz - pass code: jackson2. you may pause the quiz. If you do not have internet at home, use Friday's Study Hall and Elective class to take the quiz. If you do not complete it Friday, then work on it in Monday's Study Hall and Elective class. questions? email me - mrd12eagles@gmail.com

Create a Sectionalism Map

Directions: Draw lines that divide the country into three parts: North, South, and West. Label each region. Fill in the regions of your map with characteristics that symbolize the region. Title the map in the bottom left.

Monday 10/13

Primary Source Work: 

Read the excerpt from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Rewrite the ending or create a comic strip that illustrates the excerpt. You may not use stick figures and you're art must be historically accurate. 8 tiles. Sleepy Hollow read aloud on YouTube (start at 1:03:15).

Classwork #6 - Unit 4 Fill-in Blank

End of 9 weeks assignment check list

New Sorting Games for Benchmark 1 (US History 1600-1840)

North or South? Sort

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Constitutional Compromises Sort

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Study Guide Notes now available in Spanish

Unit 1 - New Nation
Unit 2 - Revolution
Unit 3 - Early US